bribe

The money was supposedly a bribe to persuade her to go abroad, to avoid the prying eyes of the press.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

“And that is not a bribe because I have no intention of following through on that promise.”

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

She said she was summoned to a court hearing by police, but decided not to go because she feared officials wanted to use the meeting to extract a bribe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Veteran NBA point guard Terry Rozier — who has made $162 million in salary — is accused of agreeing to a $100,000 bribe to help gamblers win prop bets.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

At Ernest Burkhart’s trial, the first panel of prospective jurors had been dismissed after evidence surfaced that Hale had attempted to bribe them.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

The United States has barred a Fiji-based man working for the Chinese state over alleged bribes to local officials, the State Department said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Kao told the FBI that the lawmakers, lobbyists and Navatek brass understood these donations were bribes and that the payments were essential to the entire scheme.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

“Southern Glazer’s employees tried to distort the wine and spirits market in California through bribes and other improper conduct and in the end it was the consumer that lost out,” U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

A former president of Ecuador has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of taking bribes.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

They were too selfish for trading or bribes.

From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin

So their father taught them in short spurts — 20 minutes maximum, he says — and bribed them with pizza and Capri-Suns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Is it true, they ask, that Jefferson bribed Trumbull to make it look that way, to show that he, Jefferson, outranked Adams?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

At his sentencing, Judge P Kevin Castel called him a "two-faced politician" who had used his influence and national security forces to protect drug traffickers who had bribed and supported him.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

He also told investigators that the allegation that he had "bribed" Alison-Madueke was "completely untrue".

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

The priest ultimately bribed a Haitian army colonel to remove Farmer’s name from the list.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

The brothers were nearly sidelined after a corruption scandal in Brazil almost a decade ago, in which they admitted to bribing politicians and spent several months in jail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

A South Korean court sentenced the leader of the secretive and powerful Unification Church on Monday to two years in prison on charges of bribing officials, including the then president's wife.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Some members of Deutsche Telekom’s supervisory board became concerned the donation could expose the parent company to allegations of illegally bribing a foreign government, said people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

The BBC has also learned that, in another case, an Italian businessman pleaded guilty to bribing the oligarch.

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026

Suddenly, Shirley remembered the trick she had played, bribing the boys.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord